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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780385492720
ISBN: 0385492723
Label: Doubleday
Manufacturer: Doubleday
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 336
Publication Date: July 15, 2008
Publisher: Doubleday
Release Date: July 15, 2008
Sales Rank: 2796
Studio: Doubleday
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Product Description:
Harris serves up a treat that will capture and enchant audiences everywhere—a big, bold, and irresistible novel about football, family, and secrets.
Brady Bledsoe and his mother, Carmyn, have a strong relationship. A single mother, faithful churchgoer, and the owner of several successful Atlanta beauty salons, Carmyn has devoted herself to her son and his dream of becoming a professional football player. Brady has always followed her lead, including becoming a member of the church’s 'Celibacy Circle.' Now in his senior year at college, the smart, and very handsome, Brady is a lead contender for the Heisman Trophy and a spot in the NFL.
As sports agents hover around Brady, Barrett, a beautiful and charming cheerleader, sets her mind on tempting the celibate Brady and getting a piece of his multimillion-dollar future—but is that all she wants from him, and is she acting alone?
Carmyn is determined to protect her son. She’s also determined to protect the secret she’s kept from Brady his whole life. As things heat up on campus and Carmyn and Brady’s idyllic relationship starts to crumble, mother and son begin to wonder about the other—are you just too good to be true?
A sweeping novel about mothers and sons, football and beauty shops, secrets and lies, JUST TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE has all the ingredients that have made E. Lynn Harris a bestselling author: family, friendship, faith, and love.
Customer Reviews Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Just Not That Good
I have been a huge fan of Harris since his first novel. I've attended readings and book signings and always buy his books the day they come out. His are books that I will devour because of his characters and plot developments. Sadly, Just Too Good to be True does not measure up to his earlier efforts.
I heard Harris on Wendy Williams' show and he explained how some of his Arkansas students helped him write the dialogue for his characters. Perhaps that's why much of the dialogue was simply ... Read More
Rating:  - Just to weird to be true
I eagerly purchased this book looking forward to another page turner from Mr. Harris, what I got instead was a book full of people who need psychiatric help. Camryn's obsession with her son's celibacy, to the point where she was lying to herself was just sick and weird also her son's need to pretend that he was perfect was also weird. WAAAYYY to wrapped up in each other's lives to be healthy.Mothers like that raise sons who are incapable of having relationships with anyone else without having Mommy call ... Read More
Rating:  - Enjoyable
This was my first E. Lynn Harris book and I can honestly say I enjoyed it. Ididn't know what to expect given what I heard his last novels were about but this book had drama, love and real issues that people face in their everyday lives. I recommend people to pick this up!
Rating: - I'm a fan, but I was disappointed
I am a big fan of E. Lynn Harris and have read all of his books.I ordered this latest offering the minute it was available and eagerly anticipated its arrival.
As usual, the plot was engaging and beautifully executed.My disappointment partly came from the fact that the central male character was not gay or bi or even on the DL.I love Harris' work for the intricate plot he weaves with his central gay male characters, their struggles with inner demons and their eventual acceptance of their ... Read More
Rating: - Good Book
Overall this was a good book. I highly recommended it to several of my friends that had given up on E. Lynn Harris. Since it was not all about gay men, the storyline was actually interesting and exciting. Although by the end, it was predictable...
There were too many unanswered questions. Like what was Delmar's actual on the side gig? Was he G4P??? Why did Maybelline have a heart at the end? Was it really necessary to throw Basil in the book? I mean can he not write a book that is Basil free? ... Read More
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